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How do your Hero, Allies, and Antagonist plan to achieve their goal once and for all? Do we know all of their plan or only part of it? Join Devin and Adam as they discuss the first story event of Act 3 and Movement 5… Putting the Plan Into Action. The post 65: Putting the Plan into Action (Movement 5) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

After some inner reflection, how does your Hero re-engage in their quest or journey? What is the threshold between Act 2 and Act 3 really about? The post 64: Re-choosal of the Quest – Fourth Threshold (Movement 4) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

Now that your Hero has faced their inner light and dark, how do they now view their obstacles? How do they change their approach and thought process? The post 63: Reassessment (Movement 4) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

What wall has you Hero built around their flaw? How do they come to terms with it and disassemble this to find their true self and courage? The post 62: Fall of the Heart Wall (Movement 4) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

In this episode we discuss the story event Hero’s Darkest Moment. How does your Hero face their Shadow or Source of Antagonism internally? What is this Dark Night of the Soul really about? The post 61: Hero’s Darkest Moment (Movement 4) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

In this episode we explore the story event Aftermath. Now that your Hero has survived the threat of the Crisis and escaped, where do they find safety to recover? How do they recover? What new lessons have they learned? The post 60: Aftermath (Movement 4) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

How does your hero get away from the threat and dangers of the Crisis? Are they assisted by allies or do they go it alone? The post 59: Escape (Movement 4) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

How do you navigate the Crisis of your story, the tipping point of your plot, your hero’s midterm exam? Will they choose fight, flight, or freeze? The post 58: Crisis – Crossing the Third Threshold (Movement 3) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

What obstacles and complications does your hero encounter as they near the tipping point of the story? How do these challenges build to the Crisis? The post 57: Approaching the Inmost Cave (Movement 3) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

How does your story’s quest or adventure open up here? How can you use it to provide a breathe of fresh before your crisis? The post 56: New Direction (Movement 3) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

Now that things have calmed done a little bit, what new lesson or information starts our hero on their next build toward the crisis? The post 55: New Discovery (Movement 3) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

How does your Hero react to crossing into the Danger Zone? Did they survive unharmed? What new realizations do they have? Join Devin and Adam as they explore the first story event in Movement 3, the Close Call. The post 54: Close Call (Movement 3) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

How does this threshold manifest itself? What challenges do you face? What is holding you back from change? Join Devin and Adam as they explore the Second Threshold of your story – Crossing into the Danger Zone. The post 53: Crossing Into the Danger Zone – Second Threshold (Movement 2) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

How does your hero react as they near the second threshold of change? How do they negotiate their first encounters with the force of antagonism? The post 52: Approaching the Danger Zone (Movement 2) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

What are the rules of your story’s mythology? What tools is your hero introduced to in order to deal with the unknown world of Act 2? Though the Watering Hole event may raises the stakes by touching on the dangers of the Unknown World, the Rules & Tools event is our opportunity to equip our […] The post 51: Rules and Tools (Movement 2) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

We celebrate our 50th episode by discussing one of our favorite story events…The Watering Hole! The Watering Hole event provides the opportunity to introduce the creatures who inhabit this Unknown World, whether they are humans, monsters or a variety of species like in the cantina scene of “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.” […] The post 50: Watering Hole (Movement 2) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

The First Day of School is the first story event in Act 2 and Movement 2. How does your hero respond to the contrast of Act 2’s Unknown World they have just entered? Are they shy, afraid, boastful, foolish? What does this tell us about them? The post 49: First Day of School (Movement 2) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

Now that your Hero has agreed to go on the journey, what is the Threshold from Act One to Act Two of your story? What contrasting elements help your audience to understand the difference between the known world and the unknown world? The post 48: Crossing the First Threshold (Movement 1) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

After debating, what causes your hero to choose to go on their quest or journey? Is there a mentor or moment of raised stakes that is the catalyst for that choice? Our hero’s first true action, they make the decision in Choosing to Answer the Call to Quest. • This marks the beginning of change […] The post 47: Choosal of Call (Movement 1) appeared first on StoryOsophy.

Now that your hero has received the call, how do they answer it? Are they a willing Hero or do they have doubts and inner conflicts? Refusing the Call to Quest provides the opportunity to strengthen our Hero’s character as they are within their ordinary world, and shed light on their internal obstacle(s), definitely highlighting […] The post 46: Refusal of Call (Movement 1) appeared first on StoryOsophy.